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commit e5a8c35104596edcaf363bfee00852dff2a54182
parent 7ad232d71470cd8c4dc63aeb02f11c9e8df9ecdb
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date:   Sun, 31 Mar 2019 17:57:58 +0200

feedback: show a message while executing an external command

Some commands can take a little while to execute; showing just the prompt
during that time could give the impression that nothing is happening.

This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56041.

Diffstat:
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src/text.c
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2
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1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
@@ -1019,6 +1019,8 @@ bool execute_command(const char *command)
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
+	statusbar(_("Executing..."));
+
 	/* If the command starts with "|", pipe buffer or region to the command. */
 	if (should_pipe) {
 		linestruct *was_cutbuffer = cutbuffer;